Conveyer.



Y cmvvEYf. APPLICATION FILED AUGJI. 1915- Patented Oct. 10, 1916.

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GEORGE ,BERNERT A ND' JaeoB BEnNnnr,'or M1LWAUKEE, Wisconsin.

coNvEYER.

" `Application ined Angl-istil, i915. seiia1 No. 44,945

To alli/imm z'zfviztg/ concern.: Y i l Belt knoivn that We, GEORGE BnnN'ERjr-and- Jason. Bnnrgnn'r, l'ioth citizens ot the United States, and residents of Milwaukee, inthe countyof- Milwaukeeand State of viscon- Improvements .in Conve'yersg and'wc do pneumatic conveyers ot the type that are hereby declare that the following is a tull, clear., and exact description thereof,

Fhis invention. relates to'the subject o't fused in'loading vgrain and the like into elc- Vaters, cars. andthe like, and the' primary aim of the invention is to produce a conyeyer.

ntioncd in which the grain the l egon other conveyance direct into the conveyer and by said conveyer .dis-

` charged direct into elevator, car 0r other place; The invention contemplates 1n its broader..

' aspect. a conveyer -that projects' upwardly. and has its inlet 'in-'the form of av hopper disposed at its lowest end. the outletof the conveyer being at its highest .end andl'which 'cooperates with an upwardly projectingblower trunk ha ing an'up'per inlet opening in directcommu'nication with the upper outlet of. the trunlnthe' arrangement beingsuch that the' grain orother Amaterial is discharged int'o the trunk abovejthe blower so.

;. that the' blower forces thegrain or other Jna' elevator, and discharged at aliighlevel, -such as to upper portions of 'a storage building. 40

. /vhi'ch are shown inthe accompanying draw- V 'the same, it Will beseen that the improved terial up'ivardly; vsuch arrangement being' et special utility7 in that itfacilitatesconve-ying .f grain-andv othermaterial that is delivered toi the conveyer at a-loW level, such for in* stances as from a vehicle, basement `of an Iniprodu'cing a .conveyer capable of perments,`simple and 'pra ctica' l embodiments 'of ings,"\vl'1erein- Figure l` is a ce tralvertical sectionalvieW of a rconveyor constructedjin accordance with one form ofthe invention.v Fig-2 is asimilar view showing -another r.term of 'the' invention. 7 1

Referrino to the' accompanying drawings .and particularly to Fig. l of conveyerjcomprises inits general organizaspeciaauba ortetters'ra'nt. .12310111.9110

said trunk and the casing l is .prm'ideduith orother material.- A conreyer drum 'is-liset. :iofi'oiof sin, have invented certain new andv useful .fasdeopeningt for-the' i'ulniission'ot grain posed at- "an oblique .angle-relative to the trunk 3, the open lupper :end oi thedru'm Abeing fiangechas indicated atA 6 -and'suitably fastened tothe 'edges ott-he trunk. 3. sur- 'rounding the opening '-t. At its .lowerrend portionl the drum 5 is1n'oviil'ed-ivith a lievi-- zontally disposed lhopper g the extreme flower end of thedrum being closed.l A con-4 `v^fyer 'shaft` 8 is suitably iournaledin 'the dru'mS and terminates at' its upper endbe'-v loy'v thef junction of the-upper' end'of-Ifthe" drum and the trunk 3. A'screw conveyer9 is 'carried by-ithe shaft 8, thecOn'veyer ex` .tending to jthe. 'lowerendofthe-'drum 5 in position" to receive the material'that is to be elevated' directly-ffrom-1the'hopper 7. Be-

- yond the upper end of the' con'veyer,`j a. spring-held 4valve l0-iisliinged Within the-l drum,-thevalv e being'iof theusual or any' 'convenient type.

.In the `form ofthe invention shown -in 2, the' trunk 3'1 .and the drum l 5 are upwardly.

inclinedfin parallel relation, the upper l istheside thereof, vas indicated at '11, and bcing. indirect communication ywithv the 'i 1ppn A the material by the conveyerf is upward,l

and the material is dischargedinto .the up'` er portion ofthetrunk abovethcgfanfor fromthe blower. The. described typeot-'con-z :fveyer is offgreatutility. in that the material is hanA led, or conveyed 'always 1n an. u p- ""Ward. irection, thereby providing means whereby' material may be' quick-'lv and 4elliciently. transferredffrom'the basement of an tionof an elevat0r.

Any 'con-vement or desirable method 'may projecting beyond the bottom of the 'drum 5 and equipped with a gear.. that meshes with a gear 'on a shaft'lf, the shaft l?) also Carryng'a sprocket ljlqhaving a chain connection elevatorjint'o a car, or transferred from a 'v Wagon or othervehicle mtojtlie. upper por- *10c beadoptedfor operatingv the conveyor and blower simultaneously. For example, in"

Fig.' "1 theconveyershaft haswbcen shown ifo,

shaft 116 also havinge nsuitable connection the shft 18 ofthe blower@ In F'g. 2 thej'conveyer "a' shaft 21, Seli-d Shaft having a connection with'jthe blower shaftsimilar to 4that desc ribcd'in connection -With the form oftheA 1'5' inventionshownin Fig. 1.-

the baseportionsc fA the conveyer drum und the blowercasing are `in spaced .rclatiomso t that .the'stid vdrum subserves the functions' 2.o of a supporting legfojr the said drum. 'The such as a'- belt and pulley connection 17 with' shaft:` has been 'shown-journaled :in the bottom of the drum A 5 and projecting through'and' above the up A per end of said'drum.` .The upper-endlof .the shaft 'ui-this forni of the invention cer'- f fries a gee-r 19 that ineshesfnjith a'gear 20,0111

we have hereunto set.r our waukee, in the `countyof Milwaukee', 'and It Willbe observedfront the drawings that .A

i Witness 'i vided 'wih'fe'et 22, ao esile-wnbotfh'. Figs, 1 end2,4 the blower -ca'sin'ginay 'bersup- :ported by the standards 23.'

We'clai-m v`as our invention 'The combination of a blower hopper disposed below the top ofthe fen,l a. blowert'runk associated* with the fan land extending upwardly directly therefrom, 'n conveyor casing extending upwerdlyfrom the hop-per and communicating w1th` the blower trunk-above and adjacent the fan and a lconveyor in the casing. A n

.In testimony that we claim Athe foregoing hands. fat M117 fan a Statel of -'\V,i sc onsin, the. presenceof je witness. A 1 l GEORGE BERNERT.

-I JACOBERNERT. 

